A critical discourse analysis of two Iraqi politicians' speeches in terms of Van Dijk's Socio-cognitive model

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This paper discusses Critical Discourse Analysis and Political Discourse with special reference to two Iraqi political speeches (the Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and the Presiden Barham Salih).

The study focuses on exploring different ideologies, perspectives and attitudes through the use of Teun Van Dijk' Socio-Cognitive Model (2005).

It aims to examine Iraqi politicians' speeches in order to find out how the politicians try to justify their ideas and convince their audience.

The paper hypothesizes that there is an essential consideration of political discourse in reflecting and manipulating the community.

Analyzing the speeches linguistically shows how Iraqi politicians differ in conveying or expressing their ideologies.

The study approves its exposure of attitudes and ideologies through examining the applicability of Van Dijk's model to Iraqi politicians.

The outcome of the analysis demonstrates that Allawi makes use of a larger number of discursive devices while Salih's usage is less frequent.

Hence, the study approves its hypotheses and objectives.